The mixed doubles event was added to Olympic badminton at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Indonesia's Susi Susanti took home the first women's singles gold medal in Olympic badminton. She went on to claim bronze in 1996 in Atlanta. In women's singles, China's Chen Yufei defeated Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu-Ying in a close three-game match. Tai's medal was the first-ever Olympic silver in badminton for Chinese Taipei. The doubles events saw the greatest badminton upsets in Tokyo. Chinese Taipei's Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin took home the gold against China in a swift 34 minutes in men's doubles. Indonesia won its first gold medal at the Tokyo Games when Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu defeated China in women's doubles. China missed the women's singles podium for the first time since 1996 after Li Xuerui, the London Olympic champion, lost against Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the bronze-medal match. Reigning world champion Carolina Marin won Spain its first Olympic badminton medal, a gold, beating India's P.V. Sindhu. In the men's singles, reigning world champion Chen Long of China defeated Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei, giving Wei his third consecutive Olympic silver. China's Fu Haifeng defended his gold in the men's doubles alongside Zhang Nan, who won gold in the mixed doubles at the London Games. Zhang brought home a bronze medal as well in the mixed doubles with Zhao Yunlei, the 2012 Olympic champion in the event. Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi of Japan took gold in the women's doubles. For the second time, badminton legends Lin "Super" Dan and Lee Chong Wei met in a dramatic men's singles final. Despite early signs that Lee could overcome his rival, Lin ultimately won  after a tense 19-19 score in the third game. Appropriately, China won big with eight total medals when the country's second-largest city hosted the Games (three gold, two silver and three bronze). Lin "Super" Dan earned the top spot over Malaysian rival Lee Chong Wei in their first Olympic final match-up, while Zhang Ning took home her second gold in women's singles. South Korea won four medals at the Athens Games, while Indonesia won three. Badminton great Tony Gunawan won gold alongside Indonesia's Candra Wijaya in men's doubles. Gunawan would later represent the United States in men's doubles at the London Games. Though South Korea, Indonesia and China all earned four medals each, it was South Korea that ended up on top: Bang Soo-hyun won gold in the women's singles tournament, while Kim Dong-Moon and Gil Young-Ah won gold in the mixed doubles competition. While no mixed doubles competition was held at Barcelona, Indonesia's singles gold medalists Alan Budikusuma and Susi Susanti became a mixed doubles pair of a different sort, eventually marrying one another. © 2024 NBC Universal. All rights reserved.Any use, reproduction, modification, distribution, display or performance of this material without NBC Universal’s prior written consent is prohibited.Use of the Website signifies your agreement to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. ©IOC 2024 Official Results powered by Atos. Timing and results management by Omega.